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Here is 6 and 7, have not seen part 8 yet. Hope you enjoy as much as I. :-D

Later
Dave
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Title:  The Armageddon(7/8) 
Author:  Shadowmage_draco@xxxxxxxxx 
Disclaimer:  I do not own any of the characters commonly associated 
with Buffy the Vampire Slayer; they are used without permission.  No 
copyright infringement is intended.
Archive:  Just ask
Pairing:  B/W
Note:  feedback is appreciated

Chapter 7: ARMAGEDDON

As the sun set over the California shoreline the earth beneath the 
Hellsmouth began to shake with the rage off a large scale 
earthquake.  Buffy and Willow ran outside to see that the Hellsmouth 
was splitting at the seam.  A Thick black smoke with the smell of 
sulfur was pouring out of it as flames shot several hundred feet in 
the air all along the Hellsmouth.  Every structure still standing was 
around it was being consumed by the Hellsmouth, falling into its 
darkness.  The thick smoke from the Hellsmouth filled the night sky 
blocking out the moon and stars, the only light they could use to see 
with was from the flames of the abyss that was opening before them.  
The opened earth itself seemed to have a vile red glow to it, that 
emanated the very essence of evil.  The gateway was opening and the 
Dark Lords were coming with their minions.

The two soul mates clung to one another crying out for the Guardian 
as the first demons began to emerge from the underworld.  The ground 
around them began to glow a bright blue light and a large porthole 
covering several hundred feet opened up in front of  them.  As more 
demons emerge from the gateway a deafening war cry was heard, "In
the name of the ancient realm we send you back to hell".  

With it what seemed to be thousands of warriors stormed through the 
porthole and charged into the heart of  the rapidly growing army of 
the Dark Lords.  The warriors all wore black armoire, some with long 
swords, others crossbows, and some with battle axes.  They charged 
into the face of the demon army, and both girls knew that it had 
begun.  

They stood there watching the battle rage as the army cut into the 
demons, attacking them as soon as they emerged. Buffy wielded her 
sword and was ready to join them in the fight when a voice spoke to 
them, "Chosen one of light this is not your fight"

Buffy and Willow both looked to their left to see that the Guardian 
and his messenger now stood next to them.  Talon continued to speak, 
You have done so much already and paid such a high price.  I can not 
let you fight with my army, this battle is mine"

"Then what are we to do"  Willow asked the guardian wanting
to get Buffy as far away from this fight as she her magic could allow 
her.

Accompany my messenger back to the shadow realm, you will be safe 
there and with this crystal you will be able to see the battle as it 
rages"

Buffy sheathed her sword and once again took Willows hand as they 
followed the messenger through the porthole which closed 
instantaneously behind them.  The three of them now stood very much 
alone in the great hall of the shadow realm.  Willow held her hand 
out and the crystal floated into the air above it and activated.

There were thousands of them,  Every type of demon imaginable and 
some even beyond imagination had emerged from the Hellsmouth.  The 
army of shadows was fighting as no army has ever fought, each warrior 
bravely standing their ground against the onslaught of darkness.   
For every demon that they slayed there was another to take his 
place.  Both demon and warriors were falling either to there doom or 
their reward.  Talon had summoned a powerful lighting storm that was 
striking into the dark lords forces vaporizing demons with each 
deadly strike, as his warriors continued with the fight cutting away 
at the masses of the dark army. 

Then , two rather large figures standing over seven feet high cloaked 
in black appeared behind the demon army.  Their skin that was visible 
seemed to be dark crimson.  In their eyes you could see the fires of 
hell burn and smoke seemed to pour off of their bodies.  The Dark 
Lords now stood on the earth.  Talon lifted his hand to the air and 
vanished reappearing several feet before the Dark Lords.

The warriors held there ground not allowing the demons to advance.  
they were now out numbered three to one but that did not matter to 
them they had to win they could not allow what happened to Sunnydale 
during the blood moon to happen to the entire mortal realm.  The 
demons fought like the beast they were hacking and clawing at the 
warriors.  The warriors countered the demons moves and struck back 
with all the skill and power they could muster, using all the 
abilities they had spent their lifetime learning.  

Both of talon's hand were radiating a bright blue glow as two 
powerful bots shot from them striking both the Dark Lords throwing 
them back several feet.  The these two masters of hell did not fall.  
One of them opened his mouth and instead of words came flames that 
engulfed talon but the magical energy that radiated from the Guardian 
kept the fires of the demons breath from burning him.  The other Dark 
Lord waved his hand in from of him and  a animated blade appeared and 
flew through the air towards the Guardian.  Talon put his hand in 
from of him in a defensive poster and the blade dissipated before it 
could strike him.  He then spoke several words in the tongue of 
ancient man producing a fireball that was over twenty feet in 
diameter and sent it hurling through the air at the Dark Lords.  
Their bodies only absorbed the fire and with outreached hand they 
sent it flying back to the messenger, who once again was protected 
from the flames heat by the magic that surrounded him. 

The Warriors had lost a fourth of the force, but had inflicted even 
greater damage on the Dark Lords forces.  They were almost evenly 
numbered when more demons started pouring out of the Hellsmouth.  The 
fight raged on.  Over here a demon lost his head to the battle axe of 
a warrior, and another had a long sword thrust though his dark 
heart.  One warrior was greeted by the razor like armed of a eight 
foot horned demon, one second he was  in the heat of battle and the 
next in the presents of the ancient Gods of man joining his already 
fallen brothers in the forever.

Talon and the Dark Lords continued their war of magic.  One of the 
dark lords stretched his hands out and a huge disembodied hand 
appeared and grabbed the Guardian trying to crush him within its 
grasp.  talon simply vanished and reappeared outside the hands 
grasp.  He then made a waving motion at the hand and it vanished.  
talon then looked the Dark Lords in the eyes, Raising his hand to the 
heavens, and a thick blue fog surrounded the two dark over Lords.  
The clouds acidic properties began eating away at the Dark Lords 
garments and exposed flesh  Talon the waved his left hand towards one 
of the Dark Over Lords.  And Electricity shot from it striking him 
then arcing off to hit the other.  Slowly the  cloud dissipated and 
one of the Dark Lords lay on the ground gasping for air.

The warriors and demons continued to battle.  Most of the demons in 
the first wave had been slain and the second wave was proving not to 
be as strong as the first, but they were down to half their force.  
Still they continued with the battle slicing through demons and 
fielding of their attacks.

The dark Lord that was standing eyes turned completely red and beams 
of energy shot from his eyes knocking the guardian to the ground, 
talon got back up limping and bleeding.  He then closed his eyes and 
brought his hand together, as he did that  the shadows around the 
dark  Lords came to life and attacked the one who was still 
standing.  Talon then looked at the dark Lord that was writhing on 
the ground and produced what appeared to be the shadow of a fire ball 
and flung it to the Dark Lord on the ground and it consumed him 
sending him back into the abyss were he belonged.


The third wave of Demons burst from the Hellsmouth but it appeared 
that a good part of them were already wounded.  The dismiss of one of 
the Dark Lords was weakening there seed and the powers they could use 
in the mortal realm.  The Warriors weakened in their number and 
battered from the previous two assaults however continued to fight.  
Even in their battered state they were able to easily assault this 
wave of weaken demons.

The Dark Lord had managed to fend of his shadow attackers but they 
had wounded him, he was bleeding black blood from his left shoulder 
and chest.  He screamed out in anger at the guardian and charged 
swinging like a mad man.  Talon threw his hand forward and a unseen 
force sent the Dark Lord flying backwards.  The Dark Lord quickly 
jumped to his feet, raising his hand in the air the ground beneath 
Talon began to fall into the Hellsmouth.  the Guardian levitated up 
into the air floating to solid ground and lowered himself.  As he did 
a blue orb appeared above his head.  Lighting seemed to fill the 
inside of it and he thrust it towards the Dark Lord striking in 
square in the chest.  As the orb it the lighting streaked out over 
the dark Lords body dropping him to his knees.  Using on of his arms 
to support him he looked to Talon and once again the red beams shot 
at the guardian throwing him to the ground.  Talon crawled slowly 
back to his feet, He was having trouble standing and his breath was 
labored.  He raised his hands to the sky and a golden aura surrounded 
his body, and in a instant his wounds were healed.

The warriors had fought off and defeated the third horde of demons.  
Now they waited for the next assault but it did not come.  The 
Hellsmouth was quite, it did not radiate its evil energy, and the 
flames that shot from it were gone.  The smoke that had filled the 
sky was now gone and they could see the stars.  They were glad that 
it was closing for they had already lost half of there brothers in 
arms and they were battered and torn.  Weary from the battle they 
stood there on the edge of the Hellsmouth and watched as Talon 
battled the remaining Dark Lord.

The Dark Lord once again tried to hit Talon with the magic of his 
eyes, but as soon as they glowed red white bolts shot from
Talon's outstretched hand blinding the Dark Lord.  He then
produced a 
bright yellow orb above his head that projected a heat from it so 
intense the warriors standing on the other side of the Hellsmouth had 
to take a few steps back.  He threw both his hand forward and the org 
swept through the night sky and consumed the Dark Lord in its power.  
All that was left was a rather large and deep crack in the earth were 
the Hellsmouth once stood.  The War had been won.

The Realm Of Shadow:

Buffy and Willow stood in the great hall along side the messenger.  
The crystal and went returned to its natural state as soon as Talon 
had defeated the remaining Dark Lord.  Then a small porthole opened 
up before them and Talon walked through it.

"The Armageddon is over, the victory is ours, but the price was
high"

"I now my Lord, many of our brethren perished for the cause"

"Yes, but their deaths were not in vain.  No longer can demons
from 
hell enter the realm of man.  The gateway that was sealed in our 
victory was the last Hellsmouth to the mortal realm from now and 
forever."

Talon then looked at Buffy and Willow, "Soul mates of light the
price 
you have paid is also high.  you have seen friend slain, and your 
homes destroyed but no this that with great cost comes great
reward."

"I don't understand what your talking about"  Replied
Willow with 
Buffy nodding in agreement.

The room filled with a soft blue light that strangle comforted the 
two girls.  "This is your reward from the Goddess, the soul mates
of light  now are as I am, you are forever."

"Forever?" asked both girls in unison.

"Yes, I see I have much to explain before I send you back to your 
family and friends." 


--To be concluded.

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Title:  The Armageddon(6/?) 
Author:  Shadowmage_draco@xxxxxxxxx 
Disclaimer:  I do not own any of the characters commonly associated 
with Buffy the Vampire Slayer; they are used without permission.  No 
copyright infringement is intended.
Archive:  Just ask
Pairing:  B/W
Note:  Warning the following installment of Armageddon contains 
character death.  As always feedback is appreciated

Chapter 6: The Blood moon

Sunnydale:

They all sat inside the mansion each one not knowing the words to say 
to comfort their friends.  Willow had spent the last half hour 
casting protection spells over all of them and now they just sat 
there, each of them armed to the teeth and waiting.  Giles was 
standing by the window watching the sky as the sun began to set.  
Silently his mind wondered <Will this be the last sunset that I ever 
see>.  He was not alone, the same thought or similar ones were going 
through all their minds.  They all knew what was coming once the 
night came and the moon took the sky.

Off in the corner Buffy sat back leaned up against the wall.  Willow 
sat in her lap, their arms wrapped around each other, as they 
telepathically reassured other that everything would work out, that 
they and their friends would survive this.

The Realm of Shadows:

The army now stood in formation as there commanders briefed them on 
the upcoming war.  Talon and his messenger stood on the balcony 
overlooking the enormous courtyard that the army had gathered in.

"The army is ready my Lord"

"Good, you have done well my friend." Spoke the Guardian of
the chosen his voice filled with distraction

The messenger looked at him and saw that he was not looking at his 
army but beyond them to the heavens,  His eyes laced with 
worry.  "What is wrong my Lord, You seem troubled"

"Tonight brings the Blood Moon to the mortal realm."

"You are concerned for the warriors of light"

"Yes, my friend they will survive but the price they pay for
their destiny will be great" 

"How great will the price be"

"That remains to be seen, all we can do now is say a prayer on
their behalf to the Goddess and wait for our appointed hour"

Sunnydale:

As a crimson moon hung high in the night sky over the Hellsmouth, a 
shout was heard through the mansion.  Angel was running down the 
stairs with Spike right behind him "There coming from the
East"

Buffy and Willow ran out onto front to see what looked like about a 
hundred, mostly vampires with a mixture of assorted demons marching 
towards the mansion.  Buffy Held a sword in one hand a Mr. Pointy in 
another.  Willow raised Her hands in the air and a Dark storm cloud 
filled  the night sky.  Buffy shouted back to their friends "This
is it, take up your positions".

Spike And Angel took a defensive posture one on each side of the 
girls, each bearing a broad sword. Xander, Anya, Giles, and Wesley 
all armed with crossbows and a rather large supply of stakes stood 
behind them aiming at the on coming sea of darkness.  The other five 
members of the Watchers counsel were spread out through the first 
floor of the mansion armed with rather powerful water guns filled 
with holy water just in case the army of darkness that was 
approaching them got creative and decided to attack from more than 
one front.  Then it happened, a demon screamed out "For the Dark 
Lords" And the unholy army charged the mansion.  Willow swept her
hand through the air above her head and lighting filled the night 
sky.  Each bolt striking into the core of the advancing army.  The 
crossbows let loose with there ammo each on hitting its mark and 
reducing a vampire to dust. 

A scream was heard from within the mansion "There is more of
them 
coming from the back".

Xander and Wesley rushed into the house to aid the others.  As Giles 
and Anya continued to fire their crossbows into the demon army with 
deadly accuracy.  Willow raised her hand to the sky again and a fire 
ball five foot in diameter appeared above her and with a flick of her 
wrist it went sailing through the air striking the advancing forces 
in their core and sending several of their number back to hell..  
Within the confined of the mansion Xander, Wesley and the others were 
quickly picking off and eliminating a force of 15 vampires who had 
tried to sneak in the back way and ambush them.

The army had now advanced far enough were they would have to go into 
hand to hand combat.  Buffy took a fighting stance in front of Willow 
and engaged a rather large green slimy demon.  Spike and Angel had 
there hand full fending of several vampires who had advanced with the 
demon.  Buffy was getting in several good hits on the Demon when an 
opening appeared and with one powerful swing she slashed the beast in 
two, but as soon as she did it two more just like him were upon her.  

Xander and the others ran out onto the porch to find that their 
friends had dropped their crossbows and were now heaving water 
balloons filled with holy water like hand grenades at the vampires 
who were trying to overrun the porch.  Xander dropped his crossbow 
and grabbed a large wooden spear and began impaling the advancing 
vamps as they approached,  Wesley grabbed a sword and charged a vamp 
slicing his head of and reducing him to dust.  The others just 
started firing their water weapons at any vamp they could aim at.

Buffy had managed to slay the two demons only to be charged by five 
vampires.  Willow screamed out "No", and a bolt of lighting
shot from her hand reducing two of them to dust.  The other Three 
were temporally stunned and Buffy took the opportunity to stake them 
quickly before they could regain there senses.   She then engageda 
red horned demon with reptilian like skin and razor like claws for 
hands. 

Wesley fought valiantly but he had managed to get surrounded by 
vampires.  Giles grabbed a long sword. He and Xander rushed to 
Wesleys aid.  Slicing at the small group that surrounded him, being 
sure to decapitate each one turning them to the dust they deserved to 
be.  The last remaining vampire in the group that had attacked Wesley 
managed to knock Giles down only to be turned to dust by Xander.  
They looked at Wesley lying there on the ground then at each other, 
they were to late, he was gone.

Willow saw it happen out of the corner of her eye as she shot beams 
of energy at the remaining vamps in front of them.  Angel was 
fighting a rather large and hairy demon and doing quit well when 
another vamp jumped him from behind ramming a stake into him.  In a 
flash he was gone.  She yelled "Let there be fire" and the
demon and vamp burst into flames.  Buffy was still fighting furiously 
trying to keep the demons from getting past her, to her beloved.  The 
demon managed to knock her down , but when he went to jump on top off 
her she lunged her sword forward impaling him through the chest.  She 
looked around her there were no others to fight.

Then Anya screamed "There's more coming from the west". 
They spun around to see another advancing unholy army this one bigger 
than the one before.

"Hold you ground"  Buffy screamed.  Willow sent severalfire
balls flying into the Demon army as everyone but Buffy and Spike took 
up crossbows and began firing into the advancing mass.  Buffy stood 
on one side of Willow and Spike on the other each with sword in hand 
ready to fight the advancing forces.

Several vampires hand managed to get past the fireballs and all the 
stakes being shot and were now fighting Buffy and spike.   As Willow 
continued to send her magical fireballs into the advancing forces 
Buffy had her was fighting three vamps, while seven had went after 
Spike after all to them he was a traitor.  He managed to dispose of 
four of them before He was dealt his fate.  The remaining there 
immediately went to attack Willow who was successfully taking out the 
rest of there comrades with her fire balls.  As the first one went to 
grab her he was met with Mr. Pointy through the chest, Buffy had 
already finished off the other vamps.  The Slayer then connected with 
a round house sending another vamp  flying backwards, but before he 
could get up he was hit with a water balloon filled with holy water.  
The other vamp aggressively attacked the Slayer but she countered 
everyone of his moves and in in under a minuet he found himself 
laying on the ground as a stake was thrust into his heart.

Suddenly a dozen or so vamps stormed onto the porch from inside the 
mansion, taking the others by surprise.  Before Buffy could respond 
to that ten more vamps rushed from across the street.  Xander, Giles, 
and Anya were able to successfully get of the porch but there new 
friends from England were not so lucky.  They had not seen the 
vampires burst through the door and never had a chance. Xander And 
Anya threw holy water balloons at their foe on the porch as Anya 
fired her crossbow at them.

  Buffy Charged the vampires who had come from across the street, 
fighting as she had never fought before and it was only a matter of 
minuets before they were eliminated.  She looked back to that there 
was about twenty vamps left but they were rapidly retreating.  Willow 
Was sending lighting strikes at them trying to prevent as much of 
them from getting away as she could.  Finally the ones that remained 
had escaped into the darkness off the night.  

"We got to get inside Willow, and regroup"  Buffy spoke

With that the they went inside to regroup and get ready for whatever 
else that was yet to come, there were still four and half hours still 
sunrise.  

"Giles were do we stand on supplies."

"Buffy, were out of holy water, and starting to run low on
stakes"  
The ex-watcher paused for a second then spoke, "Wesley and the
others 
from England are dead"

"So are Angel and Spike, how about the others"

"Just minor cuts and bruises,  Anya and went up stairs took keep
an 
eye out for any advancing demons, and Xander is gathering the stakes 
we have left together"

"How are we going to survive this"

"I don't know"

Willow took Buffy in her arms, her voiced was filled with tenderness 
and love "We will make it Buffy, somehow we will survive
this."  Suddenly Willow took a step back,  "Buffy your
hurt"

She could see that her Beloved hand several cut marks all over here 
and a rather nasty gash on the her forehead.  Willow reached out and 
touched Buffy on the Shoulder and her hand began to radiate a golden 
energy that seemed to cover the slayers body and within seconds her 
wounds were healed.  Then Willow hugged Buffy and she returned the 
hug.  Only to be interrupted by a cry from up stairs.  "There
back with reinforcements"  Anya shouted as he ran down the stairs
crossbow in hand. 

"How many" Buffy and Willow asked in unison

"Looks to be about twenty or so vamps and about ten demons coming 
from the same way the others retreated"

Before they could even get to the front door the vamps that Anya had 
spotted came bursting through it and immediately charged the group.

"Fall back "  Shouted Buffy as she tossed two stakes through
the air taking out the first two vamps through the door.  The group 
ran out towards the back off the house with the vamps and demons in 
tow.  As the reached the outside of the Mansion Willow spun around,  
raising her hand in the air she sent the whole place up into flames.  
Three of the demons managed to get out of the house before it was 
consumes in fire.  Buffy was on them immediately using every skill 
she had as a slayer and disposing two of them rather quickly the 
third however was becoming quite a problem.  She was successfully 
blocking all of his attacks buthe was just successful in countering 
hers.  Then he managed to knock her down, but before she could get 
back up he was hit with a powerful bolt of lighting and instantly 
vaporized.

"Thanks"  Said Buffy Smiling at her girlfriend.

"Your welcome, but be got to get out of here this fire is getting
out of control"  Willow said as she reached her hand out to help
Buffy up.

Giles shouted to the group as they made there way over the mansions 
wall, "It's plan b.  We need to get to the mausoleum there
are more weapons and supplies stashed there, but we got to get there
quickly."

As they made there way towards the cemetery on the outskirts of town 
they could see what looked like several buildings burning and the 
road was packed with cars that were making a mass exodus from 
Sunnydale.  Buffy looked at the group "Looks like they're
wrecking havoc in town."

After several minuets and about five skirmishes with small bands of 
vampires they finally made it to the Mausoleum, and gathered the 
supplies that Giles has stashed there.  "What now" questioned
Xander.

"We go into town, that would appear were they are now"  Buffy
spoke as her eyes focused on the flames that were coming from town.

"Into town" asked a nervous Xander.

"Well it is that or stay here in a cemetery and wait for them on 
their own turf"

"Town it is"

As they reached the edge of the cemetery they could see them.  It 
looked like there were about a hundred or so vamps and no demons 
headed towards them leaving behind a burning Sunnydale.  They took up 
a fighting position and were preparing to fire on the vampires when 
Willow spoke up "Wait, everyone get behind me and Buffy now, I
have an idea" 

Buffy looked at her redhead mage and smiled "What's the plan" 

"I can stop them before they get her, but I need your help to do
it"

"Just tell me what you need me to do and I will do it, I'll
always be there for you"

"We need to form the link between us."

With that said Buffy looked into Willows eyes and opened her mind to 
her love.  Willow took Buffys hand in hers  and raised them to the 
sky.  They were seeing once again into each others mind, and Buffy 
could feel her energy being transferred into Willow.  Willow raised 
her other hand towards the vampires and there was a great flash 
directly in front of the approaching dark horde.  Buffy almost 
collapsed into Willows arms but the young mage was able to hold up 
her beloved.  The rest of the group ran over to see if they were O.K. 
and also immediately noticed that all the vampires they were getting 
ready to fight were gone.

"What just happened here" asked Giles, expressing the
question that was on everyone's mind.

Willow looked at Him and the others, her arms still wrapped around 
Buffy who was starting to feel a little bit stronger.  "By the
two of us linking our minds together I was able to combined my magic 
with Buffy's slaying power to destroy  them before they became a
threat"

A very confused Xander looked at the two girls, "Then why
didn't you do that before"

"Because it Considerably weakens Buffy,  and it is a pretty big
drain on my magical energy.  Just after a few times of doing that 
spell she would no longer be able to fight and my magical abilities 
would be significantly reduced.  Then Where would we be.  That was 
the third full scale attack we seen tonight and were still a few 
hours away from sunrise" 

Everyone in the group stood there in silence for a few moments then 
Xander spoke "I`m sorry I didn`t know"

"It's O.K. this night has been rough on all of us"
replied the mage.

Silently they followed Buffy and Willow into Sunnydale.  The town 
looked like a war zone.  Buildings were burning everywhere and there 
was no one to put them out.  The dead lined the streets, some had 
been taken by vampires others by demons.  It really did not matter 
though how they died for they were dead.  Over turned cars and 
emergency response vehicles littered the streets and the buildings 
that weren`t burning had been vandalized.  The streets were
almost abandoned, every now and then they would come along the one or 
two people who were frantically throwing their most valued keep sakes 
in a car or van.  Every time they met such a person the message they 
received was the same, "Everyone is leaving, get out why you
still can."   Finally they made their way to Giles house to find
that
it had been burnt to the ground, they got the same results at both of 
the girls parents houses.

"My God, What happened here"

"Giles, I don't think God had anything to do with what
happened here" Buffy replied.

"It finally happened" Xander said his voice filled with
sorrow over the destruction of his boyhood home

"What finally happened" asked Willow

"The Hellsmouth has consumed Sunnydale"

There were no words of comfort they could offer him.  They all felt 
his pain in there hearts as they looked around and saw what 
Sunnydale, their home, had become.  It was a virtual ghost town 
burning in the night under the blood moon.  They continued their walk 
through the abandoned streets of what used to be Sunnydale in 
silence, each of them morning the lost of their home and their 
allies, would this night ever end.  Every now and then they would 
come accrosed on or two vamps or demons.  If they saw their adversary 
first they slayed him and if the demon saw them first it would flee.  
For what they could make of things the majority of the vampires and 
demons that had not been slain had retreated. 

Then it happened as it always had in the past darkness gave way to 
light and the sun rose.  The group stood together in the center of 
town watching the sunrise over what had once been Sunnydale.  They 
were glad to see the sunrise but it didn't help to lift their
heavy hearts, the night had cost so much.  Angel, Wesley, Spike, and 
their new allies from England had perished at the hands of the demon 
armies, and from the looks of things so had several hundred of 
Sunnydales residents.   They were the only people left in 
Sunnydale.   

Willow Spoke, "Giles we have a favor to ask of you"

Giles looked at the two girls who were leaning up against one another 
as to keep each other from falling., "What can I do for you"

"You and the others to leave this place immediately, we will
contact you as soon as you can"

"I am not leaving the two of you here by yourselves"

"You must, The blood moon has ended and now we must stand before
the Hellsmouth to summon the Guardian to fight the Armageddon, and we 
must do it alone."

"I can't allow that"

"You have no choice in the matter, it is how it is written in the 
Book of Ages. We all heard the words as I read them and knew what 
they met. You and the others have done all you can do, there is 
nothing else left but the Armageddon."

Before Giles could respond to Willow she simply raised her hand and 
all he saw was a bright flash of light.  When he was able to refocus 
his eyes he knew they were no longer in the remains of  Sunnydale.  
He and the rest of the group minus Buffy and Willow were now standing 
outside the Hotel in LA that both the girls parents had went to stay 
in and wait for their respective daughters to tell them it was safe 
to come home again.  His mind shivered at that thought.  <Homeagain, 
could any of them ever go home again after what they had seen happen 
there>  

Giles looked at the group and spoke, "There is only one thing for
us to do now"

"What is that" questioned Xander 

"Find their parents and bring them up to speed on what happened
and assure them that Buffy and Willow are safe"

"Can't we go back to Sunnydale to help them"

"They would only send us away again, there is nothing we can do
to 
help them "

Back in Sunnydale the two soul mates walked side by side, holding 
hands, slowly making their way towards the high school and their 
destiny. 

The Realm of Shadows:

"My Lord you sent for me"

"Yes, They have survived the Blood Moon, the remaining demon seed
has retreated back into hell.  The price was high just as I feared it 
would be.  They lost friends and allies and saw their home
destroyed" 

"What can we do for them my Lord"

"There is nothing that we can do now.  The blood moon has ended
and now the war is to begin"

"Then it comes, my Lord"

  "When the sun sets tonight the gateway will be opened, so shall
be the  Armageddon"

interlude

Los Angeles:

The three of them had found The Rosenburgs and Joyce Summers sitting 
in a hotel room glued to the TV.  A report from action news was 
speaking, behind her you could see several military trucks blockading 
one of the roads leading into Sunnydale.  "Initial reports are
very sketchy, there has apparently been several large and devastating 
explosions in the town o Sunnydale.  The govern has called in the 
national guard to seal off the area and help contain the fires that 
are burning out of control.  We do not have any information at this 
time on how many people were injured or killed though through eye 
witness accounts the federal government is estimating the death toll 
to be several hundred.  If you have family in Sunnydale please 
contact your local red cross for assistance.  Shelter for the 
Sunnydale evacuees are being set up in all of the surrounding areas.  
Please do not try to go to Sunnydale, it has been sealed off as the 
source of these devastating explosions is being investigated.  Please 
stay tuned we will bring you updates on this tragic story as they 
occur"

"Giles,  were are they" Joyce Summers voice was filled with
fear as her mind imagined the worst possible fate for her daughter 
and Willow.  The same fear and dread could be seen in the eyes of the 
Rosenburgs.

"They are alright.  The two of them made us leave and told us to
let the three of you know that they survived the Blood moon and are
fine."

"Then why are they not here" Shouted an agitated Mr.
Rosenburg  

"It is not over for them yet, they still have to summon the
guardian so he can prevent the end of the world"

Giles words did little to put the girls parents mind at ease, hell 
they couldn't even put his own mind at ease.  So along with
Xander and Anya he joined the three parents, setting in front of a TV 
watching as reports of Sunnydale came in and praying that Buffy and 
Willow were still alive.

Sunnydale:

The two of them lay side by side holding on to one another within the 
burnt out confides that used to be Sunnydale High.  They professed 
their love for one another, and made some small talk.  Mostly they 
just held each other in silence as they waited for the night to come.

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